Perfectly safe in his hands

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I have found the place where I safe can rest

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley
Tune: [I have found the place where I safe can rest]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 I have found the place where I safe can rest,
Without fear when the foe assails me;
In the love of God, I am ever blest,
And the Lord, whom I trust, ne’er fails me.

Refrain:
I am perfectly safe in His hands,
Safe in His hands,
Yes, safe in His hands;
I’ve giv’n myself to Jesus,
I’m perfectly safe in His hands.

2 I have found the place where in perfect peace,
‘Mid all sorrows of earth I hide me;
In the hands of Christ, where all tears must cease,
Where His mercy and joy abide me. [Refrain]

3 I have found the place where all grace is mine,
Where the strength of my Lord sustains me;
In His depthless Life, in His Life Divine,
He doth shelter and ever hold me. [Refrain]

4 I have found the place where in life’s last hour,
When all loved ones of earth must leave me,
He will keep my soul, and His hand of pow’r,
Thro’ the shadows of death will hide me. [Refrain]

Source: Assembly Songs: for use in evangelistic services, Sabbath schools, young peoples societies, devotional meetings, and the home #86

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Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley

Ernest G. W. Wesley was born and educated in England. At the age of seventeen he started writing for local newspapers. When he was twenty-two he worked as special correspondent for The New York Times in Buenos Aries. While he was in Buenos Aries he became licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to the United States in the early 1870's and continued writing and contributing to religious and secular papers. He wrote between five and six hundred hymns and nearly two thousand articles on religious and theological topics. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I have found the place where I safe can rest
Title:	Perfectly safe in his hands
Author:	Ernest G. W. Wesley
Refrain First Line:	I am perfectly safe in his hands
Copyright:	Public Domain